Tilt (2005– )

Stars:

Michael Madsen, Chris Bauer, Kristin Lehman

Cast

Series cast summary:
Michael Madsen	...	Don 'The Matador' Everest (9 episodes, 2005)
Chris Bauer	...	Leeland 'Lee' Nickel (9 episodes, 2005)
Kristin Lehman	...	Ellen (9 episodes, 2005)
Todd Williams	...	Clark Marcellin (9 episodes, 2005)
Don McManus	...	Bart 'Lowball' Rogers (9 episodes, 2005)
Eddie Cibrian	...	Eddie Towne (9 episodes, 2005)
Michael Murphy	...	Jimmy Molloy (9 episodes, 2005)
Amelia Cooke	...	Dee (8 episodes, 2005)
Nicholas Pasco	...	Testa (7 episodes, 2005)
Dov Tiefenbach	...	Crackle (6 episodes, 2005)
Fulvio Cecere	...	Skip (6 episodes, 2005)
Kenneth Welsh	...	Seymour Annisman (5 episodes, 2005)
George Buza	...	Henry 'Tropical Henry' (5 episodes, 2005)
Barry Flatman	...	Police Captain Bill Carruthers (5 episodes, 2005)
Fab Filippo	...	Dean Whitmark (5 episodes, 2005)
Norman Chad	...	Himself (4 episodes, 2005)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

poker | las vegas nevada | high stakes

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Taglines:

You're playing poker. They're playing you.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 January 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big Slick Productions, ESPN Original Entertainment, Orly Adelson Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In a deleted scene which is featured in the DVD, Miami reveals her real name as "Ellen".

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Goofs

In the final episode of the first season, when Clark is playing in the World Poker Championship, in the hand that he goes out of the tournament, the ESPN pseudo-coverage showed him as "All-in" before he actually declared.

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Quotes

Don 'The Matador' Everest: Clear out of here when you're done bleeding.

User Reviews

OK ESPN...you have my interest.

I haven't been real impressed with many of ESPN's ventures into original movies or programming. I saw a couple of episodes of "Playmakers" but it didn't keep me coming back. "3" wasn't bad...neither was "The Junction Boys" but I absolutely hated "Hustle" and the "Season on the Brink". That said, I watched "Tilt" with guarded optimism.

What I came away with after the first episode is the interest to at least see the second. The character development seems very good and, already, you want to see the "Matador" (Michael Madsen's character) fall and fall hard.

Lots of casino action, suspense, even a bit of flesh appear to be the ingredients here...and my wife probably said it best when she said, "You definitely won't see this on Lifetime"...